Hello:
I’m sending today’s eNewsletter from the Incheon Airport in Korea waiting to fly home to Vancouver. I’m returning from my trip to Ulaanbaatar (UB), Mongolia where I provided a school evaluation and board governance workshop for a K-12 International School and then stopped in Seoul to visit my good friend at Seoul International School (great school by the way). UB was an amazing experience; both the weather and the landscape. There is so much happening there with so many opportunities for growth; and the school I worked with recognizes this.
I enjoy the opportunity to visit other schools to see how they ‘package’ their educational program to meet the needs of their community. There are so many ways educators can connect with students and parents and allow them to reach their own personal levels of excellence.
I also like working with school boards to help them improve the mechanics of their school leadership. Research indicates that “great” schools have “great” boards. Is your board functioning at its peak ability? Perhaps you’d like me to provide a great one-day workshop on moving your board from “good” to “great.”
Today I want to continue in our eNewsletter below sharing more tips on more effective private school board governance.
To your success,
Doug Halladay
President
Halladay Education Group Inc.
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. In The News
2. Focus On Our Key Services
3. More Tips On Better Board Governance
4. Products At Our Online Store
1. IN THE NEWS
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2. FOCUS ON OUR KEY SERVICES
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(C) BOARD GOVERNANCE WORKSHOPS
Do you want your school to have the best board possible? Our full-day governance workshop (in combination with our informative online self-assessment survey) will fine-tune your board’s performance and focus priorities.
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3. TIPS ON BETTER BOARD GOVERNANCE
Will Rodgers said “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” I’m a big believer in both great board governance and the continuous board education.
Do you have a “great” board? You can see it…exceptional boards stand out. But what makes them tick…what’s their secret sauce? Great boards have a set of common attributes that clearly separates them from others. In my board governance workshop I share with you the 12 pillars of “great” boards and help you determine where you’re at now and develop an action plan to move your forward.
Great boards must “govern more” and “manage less.” You need to focus on:
- Link current agenda to strategic agenda
- Monitor the success of the school’s initiatives
- Develop clear expectations & plan of action for Trustees
- Direct CEO to prepare strategically
- Structure meetings to policy & strategy
- Assess the performance of the board annually
- Focus on policy objectives, organizational strategy, & relationship between budgets & priorities
Does your board experience any of the following:
- Board agenda controlled by crisis rather than vision
- Lack of a plan or goals that results in no board agenda, committee goals, or operational plan
- Board committees that exist only because they’ve always been there, not because they’re needed
- No link between budget, programs, or strategic plan
- Blurring of boundaries & channels between roles of the Board & Administration
- Board commitment is greater than trustees would like it to be & become too taxing & stressful
- Inability to attract or keep trustees
- Poor turn-out at board meetings and AGM’s
Your board needs to understand not only their role but how to strategically structure their performance to maximize their strengths and direct your Head of School and board committees in unison. Great boards uphold & articulate a compelling mission-vision, & ensure congruence between strategy, values, & operations. Great boards engage in strategic thinking that focuses the direction of the organization & uses their strategic plan to drive decision making.
Remember the following adages from Harvey MacKay:
A goal is just a dream with a deadline
A goal will remain a dream unless you create & execute a plan of action to accomplish it…
Every goal that gets accomplished has a plan behind it.”
To find out more about our firm’s private school board governance workshops, or learn more about how we can help provide you solutions, please email HEG at info@halladayeducationgroup.com to discuss your needs in more detail.
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To your success,
Douglas Halladay
President
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